Ströbeck
Sign in to saveSchachdorf Ströbeck is a village in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which since 1 January 2010 is part of the town of Halberstadt in the Harz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Located about west of the city centre, the Schachdorf ("chess village") is known for its long historic connection with chess.
Key facts
- German location.Town
- Halberstadt
- German location.name
- Schachdorf Ströbeck
- German location.image_coa
- DE-ST 15-0-85-135 Stroebeck COA.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Harz
- German location.elevation
- 156
- German location.area
- 13.46
- German location.population
- 1149
- German location.Stand
- 2006-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 38822
- German location.area_code
- 039427
- German location.licence
- HZ
- German location.type
- Stadtteil
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Schachdorf Ströbeck is a village in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which since 1 January 2010 is part of the town of Halberstadt in the Harz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Located about west of the city centre, the Schachdorf ("chess village") is known for its long historic connection with chess.
==History== thumb|left|St Pancras' Church The first mention of Strebechi dates back to 995, when King Otto III of Germany dedicated the estate in the Eastphalian Harzgau to his sister Abbess Adelaide of Quedlinburg. In 1004 his successor King Henry II granted it to Drübeck Abbey. Ströbeck was a fief of the Bishopric of Halberstadt, later held by the comital House of Regenstein, from 1343 by the Counts of Wernigerode.